[Google Librarian Central] California School Library Association goes to Google
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Mar 19, 2007, 3:13:22 PM3/19/07
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Posted By Jessica Lee, Library Teacher, Berkeley, CA and Sandy Gleichmann, CSLA NS Region 4 Rep, Library Media Teacher, San Mateo, CA
Monday, March 12th was a sunny day in Mountain View as 75 school library media teachers, library technicians, and administrators from all over Northern California descended on Google to learn about all the educational features Google provides, explore deeper searching techniques, and enjoy Google’s hospitality.
During the course of the day, we learned about a number of Google products and how we can apply them to an educational setting. Among the tools we learned about were: Book Search, Patent Search, Scholar, News, Alerts, Co-op and Custom Search Engine, Earth, Docs & Spreadsheets, Blogger, Page Creator, and Google Groups.
Overheard comments included:
"Wow! All the food is free!"
"You can really search the full text of entire books!?!"
"Can I ride one of the electric scooters?"
"I am going to set up a Custom Search Engine tonight for a math lesson tomorrow."
"I had never even heard of Google Scholar."
"Can I have another pen?"
"My students will be amazed when I show them the layers in Google Earth."
"Check out the T-Rex sculpture!"
"The translator tool will be very helpful for my English Language Learners."
"Free Ben and Jerry’s!!!"
We had a wonderful experience -- knowledgeable and considerate instructors, delicious food from across the globe, a thorough tour of the state of the art corporate campus. Certainly a top prize goes to Google for having such a "green" environment and for treating their employees as though they were the most important part of their company—they are! And thanks for making our group feel so special!
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Posted By Librarian Central to Google Librarian Central at 3/19/2007 12:05:00 PM
Monday, March 12th was a sunny day in Mountain View as 75 school library media teachers, library technicians, and administrators from all over Northern California descended on Google to learn about all the educational features Google provides, explore deeper searching techniques, and enjoy Google’s hospitality.
During the course of the day, we learned about a number of Google products and how we can apply them to an educational setting. Among the tools we learned about were: Book Search, Patent Search, Scholar, News, Alerts, Co-op and Custom Search Engine, Earth, Docs & Spreadsheets, Blogger, Page Creator, and Google Groups.
Overheard comments included:
"Wow! All the food is free!"
"You can really search the full text of entire books!?!"
"Can I ride one of the electric scooters?"
"I am going to set up a Custom Search Engine tonight for a math lesson tomorrow."
"I had never even heard of Google Scholar."
"Can I have another pen?"
"My students will be amazed when I show them the layers in Google Earth."
"Check out the T-Rex sculpture!"
"The translator tool will be very helpful for my English Language Learners."
"Free Ben and Jerry’s!!!"
Left to Right: Donnine Davis, Dolores Fabel, Judy Linhares, Shannon Paladini, Katie Williams. Photo: Robert Skapura
We had a wonderful experience -- knowledgeable and considerate instructors, delicious food from across the globe, a thorough tour of the state of the art corporate campus. Certainly a top prize goes to Google for having such a "green" environment and for treating their employees as though they were the most important part of their company—they are! And thanks for making our group feel so special!
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Posted By Librarian Central to Google Librarian Central at 3/19/2007 12:05:00 PM
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